The Journey of a BA (Hons) Drawing Student. Theo Mack

[Theo Mack]

some of the latest car drawings, I have found a style that helps me get the proportions correct. Going to work on this some more!

[Theo Mack]

A batch of quick, recent life drawings. starting to get used to proportioning without constant measuring!

[Theo Mack]

A couple of my most recent longer life drawings. I'm really pleased with these!

[Theo Mack]

Two tree drawings done when cycling around a my local reservoir in the freezing cold. I love this moleskine sketchbook

[Theo Mack]

A line drawing done in Falmouth today. It took me around 3 hours to finish this, which I think is too long.. I need to work on speeding up.

[Theo Mack]

Tried doing another version of the Falmouth drawing. Spicing things up a little. It’s nice knowing that the initial drawing was done from life.

[Theo Mack]

Some additions to my last drawing. Trying to create mood and character from original observational drawings:


A life drawing based entirely on proportions from yesterday.

[Theo Mack]

Two drawings done in the local Turo museum. Focusing on the latest project which is drawing from natural specimens. These are two rock crystals. I plan on focusing on vegetation an plants for the next section of the project. Expect some large leaf studies shortly!

[Theo Mack]

A recent project on perspective drawing lead me to produce this quite boring drawing of a jug. Personally I prefer the grid which was just as tricky to draw.

[Theo Mack]

Also, I tried a drawing recently using a stick of silver. Using card covered with white acrylic paint I was able to get a mark from the metal, just like the old renaissance masters.

Heres one of the drawings.

[Theo Mack]

Experimenting with a continues line drawing - not taking the pencil off the page. Done from a clothed life model.

[Fantastico]

Hey, some nice studies and drawings you got here. Keep it up.

[Theo Mack]

Thanks! It's nice to get some feedback.

[idenzel]

your figuere sketches are really nice, they dont seem stiff or flat, also, you have some nice diversity in your subject matter

[Theo Mack]

Two life drawings from before christmas. I haven't done it for over a month now. Will be interesting to see if I can pick it up again straight away.

[Theo Mack]

Reworked into an old sketchbook drawing focusing on textures.

[Theo Mack]

Recently I have really enjoyed making drawings from the imagination. Especially from landscapes. I'm hoping to try some digital painting as a progression from these. None of this is uni project based. All personal work:

[Theo Mack]

My first two speed painting attempts. I really like them but I still have no idea how you develop them into amazing landscapes. YET.

[Theo Mack]

New Project!

Brief: Create a drawing which is made up of the following things:

Plant/Tree
Family group - all genders and ages
Farmed animals
Uniformed people
A place that you visit
A man made structure
The weather

Each thing must be obtained from imagination or observation... This is going to be an interesting one! Here is what I have come up with so far:

I'm thinking of having animal testers being chased away by mad animals that they have been experimenting on. Or maybe a huge evolved killer plant?

Some anatomy studies of running people turned into scientists:

[Theo Mack]

Drawing a horse only a little crazier than ever before.




Drawing a family to be running away from the horse. Going to work into these digitally like the scientists.

[jabbit]

Hey man, i've applied for illustration at falmouth next year! You've got some nice drawings in here, I'll have to remember to visit again. In terms of criticism i think your lines are maybe less confident looking than i would like to see, and i think your digitals would improve if you use more opaque colour as if you are painting with thick paint rather than a wash. Keep up the good work and don't worry too much about your speed.

[Theo Mack]

I will certainly try this out. Thanks. Good luck getting into Falmouth, its a great Uni!

Some unrelated natural subject drawing that I have done recently. Both are A1 size so I had to photograph these:

[Aqualeot]

"This drawing was done with ink and a quill which I made out of a feather."

This is my favorite of yours so far. I really like the different textures and lines. The proportions of the buildings in the background look a little off, but this can be corrected by measuring more carefully and checking angles. But overall, I really like the quality of the lines. I too want to work with a quill now!

[Theo Mack]

Thanks Aqualeot. This was certainly one of the drawings which I spent longer on. I can see the proportion mistake too, thanks for pointing it out.

Here is another digital painting that I have done tonight. They seem to be different every time, crazy, but I still love it!

[ForScience]

Thanks for dropping by my sketchbook. I really like your studies. I have a little piece of advice. Don't spend so much time "studying" that you don't have time to draw for fun. Rendering is a skill that anyone can develop with enough diligence, but your imagination and style are uniquely yours. In addition to your studies I would love to see a couple drawings that you are passionate about.

[Sushy]

What a university Wish I studied there XD

I think you draw really good buildings I really enjoy browsing these sketches you did so post more

[Theo Mack]

Thanks for this ForScience. I have thought about you comment and I cant agree more. It's tricky to find a good balance of work, play, and personal work in the student lifestyle. I have a few weeks off now, so I should get the chance to branch out into my own imagination a little more

Cheers Sushy, I will be soon! You have some really nice stylised stuff yourself!

[rappdg]

You have a LOT of drawings

I really liked the details of the twig and leaves, the horse looks great and I think that's probably the hardest animal to draw. Well everything I saw so far looks great (perspective drawings, life drawings, automobiles).

Keep it up!

[Classmate]

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Wow, this one is SUPERB! How long it took you draw this piece?

[Theo Mack]

Thanks rappdg, as always there is always room for improvement!

Thanks Classmate. Yes, this was a very time consuming drawing to do, the fact that it was with a quill made it even harder, I had to keep dipping it in the ink + clear blockages etc.. I did it over a week spending around a couple of hours a day on it. Worth it though


Here is a drawing done which is less related to uni. Theres always something exciting about fight scenes I think!